The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24
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large nuaaber Of dodgers were posted
up and scattered throughout The city
inviting All Democrats Of Dalcasien
parish favorable 70 the election of
Gen. Frances 7. Nichols a. Governor,
20 meet in mass meeting at ia o'clock
q. n. that day, at the Court House,
for TIC purpose Of organizing local
clubs or committees throughout the
parish ID the interested his candidacy.
We imagined, a. . matter Of course,
that ii there were but afour pro-
noanced McEasry men In Lake
Charles, and It being aeeity of somr
450Q or 5000 inlabitaats, together
with Gen. Nichols numerous Cd fol-.
lowing in the country wards, that our
streets would be crawling alive with.
Reformers and the Court House liter
ally packed with the adherents of the
great firing smasber."
Bat alas! we were doomed TO dis
appointment. Eleven o'clock came
and passed, but no Reformers, other
than hale dozen or SO who live in
town, turned up TO do honor to the
greatseause of purifying State politics
and assist in Hturning the rascals ont
Of Office Twelve O'clock came, and
still pedestr. ans were able 10 navigate
the streets and reach the Court Honse
without endangering life and limb by
any great jam of moving humanity,
such as was naturally expected on the
occasion of The announcement Of a
mass meeting of the supporters of the
Reform movement in Caleasieu parish.
However, By this time, the leaders
seeing that the people didn't enthuse
worth a cent over the Reform chest
nut, and to prevent a complete failure,
huFriedly held little parley and ad-
iouned over 10 7 o'clock p. m.
AT the appointed hoar, some ten or
dozen of our Reform friends pnt IN an
appearance, and after parleyiDg lit
tie while in perfect establishment at
the scarcity of Nichols men in this
neck of the woods, adjourned over to
Monday night, and all went to see the
| l.. c. S. c. B. minstrel show, where
30 doubt the antics of old Bob Ridley
revived their dropping spirits, made
sad by the failure Of their first at
tempt TO give life to q forlorn hope
Monday night pursuant to adjourn
ment some forty gentlemen assembled
at the Court House and organized a
Nichols club, by the election of the
following named gentlemen as officers:
j, Ben Kirknan, president ; Judge
G. A. FourDet. FIRST vice president !;
John Mccormick, second vice presi-
pent c. M Richard, third vice presj-
dent F. Aurey, secretary; L. c. Tou-
chey, assistent secaeLary Thad Mayo,
corresponding secretary A. +. puio,
Treasurer; {. NJ. Mccormick, sergeant
alarms.
The finance committee are: A. ?.
Pujo, DR. W. A. Knapp and George
W, Ryan.
Arrangements Committee-C, NJ,
Richard, James F. Gray, Thad Mayo,
) D. B, Gorham, J. Il. Mccormick, NJ
p j. Rosteet, AdoIph Meyer, B. A
! Touchy and Joseph c. LebIeu.
The club was christened the Lake
Charles Nichols Club, and the repor
= in the Pioayune from this place give
r the membership at 68, but we are re
l. iiably informed that there were onl,
It 46 names enrolled on that occasion.
e Thus it will be seen that after cor
70 siderable eanvassing and several al
n tempts our Reform friends managed, b
tt hard work, admitting their own figure
as correct, 10 organize club Of 8
G. in Lake Charles, a city that is said
in the Commercial TO have but few ION
If spoken McEnery men" and four
al those oHce-halders, which if correc
&c makes the politics of our people 4
- anomoly.